Charles W. Daniels

Charles W. Daniels (born 1943)^[1] is a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. He was first recommended by the New Mexico Judicial Nominating Commission and appointed by Governor Bill Richardson in October 2007, won election in the 2008 general election, and was retained for an additional eight-year term in his 2010 retention election. In 2010, he was selected by his fellow Justices to serve as Chief Justice for a two year term and was elected Chief Justice again in 2016.

Daniels received his bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona magna cum laude, his law degree from the University of New Mexico, where he graduated first in his class, and a master of laws in trial advocacy from Georgetown University, where he was a Prettyman Fellow.

References

• Official NM Supreme Court biography

Current statewide political officials of New Mexico
U.S. Senators	Tom Udall Martin Heinrich
State government	Susana Martinez, Governor John Sanchez, Lieutenant Governor & President of the Senate Brad Winter, Secretary of State Hector Balderas, Attorney General Tim Eichenberg, Treasurer Tim Keller, Auditor Aubrey Dunn, Jr., Land Commissioner Karen Montoya, Patrick H. Lyons, Valerie Espinoza, Lynda Lovejoy, Sandy R. Jones, Public Regulation Commission
Senate	Mary Kay Papen, President pro tempore Michael S. Sanchez, Majority Leader Stuart Ingle, Minority Leader
House	Don L. Tripp, Speaker Nate Gentry, Majority Leader Brian F. Egolf, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Charles W. Daniels, Chief Justice Edward L. Chávez Petra Jimenez Maes Judith Nakamura Barbara J. Vigil Chief Justice title is rotated